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suitcase school
 n.— «Western Maryland College could run the risk of becoming a suitcase school, said Shank, adding, “There won’t be too much to keep people here on weekends.”» —“Rising Insurance Costs End Alcohol Sales at Western Md. College” in Westminster, Md. Washington Post Aug. 28, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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